Window channel



FeB. 9 1926. 1,572,284

E.M.GUmLAUME WINDOW CHANNEL Filed July 22, 1922 Patented F ch. 9, 1926.

PATENT oFFicE.

ERNEST M.

GUILLAUME, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE.

FELTERS COMPANY, INC., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDOW CHANNEL.

Application filed July 22, 1922. Serial Noi 576,834.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST M. GUILLAUME, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVorcester. in the county of lrVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefiil Improvements in lVindow Channels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improveinent'in window channels.

The Object is to provide a channel especially for closed car windows, in which the edges of the glass of the windows slide, the

I present device preventing the rattling of the window and rendering the joint formed between the glass and the channel air and water-tight.

The present invention consists in a plurality of stripsof cushioning material, such as felt or the like, fastened together by stitching, adhesive or otherwise, at an angle to form an enclosed channel substantially U- shaped in cross-section to receive the edges of the glass.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 isa View of a completed channel;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section;

Fig. 3. is a modification.

The device is composed of three strips of material, 1, 2 and 3, arranged at'right-angles to each other, and fastened together by stitching 4 extending through the width of the sides 2 and 3 and the bottom strip 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The sides 2 and 3 might be fastened by glue or other adhesive, the object being form a channel 6 in the center which receives the, glass 7 of the window. The channel may be flanked by trim sticks 8, and it" may be fastened in place in-the framework of the car or window by tacks 9 driven through the center of the channel.

As a slight modification, as shown in Fig. 3, the edges 10 of the bottom strip 1 may be extended somewhat beyond the Sides 2 and 3, and when made in this form the tacks 9 may be driven through these edges, as well as through the center of the channel, as shown in Fig. 3.

The outer edges of the sides may be beveled or chamfered or straight across, as preferred.

While the material and the dimensions of the material used may be indefinitely varied, as at present constructed the bottom strip is preferably five-eighths of an inch in width, and the sides three-eighths of an inch in width by three-sixteenths (5%" of an inch thickness.

The advantage of forming the channel of strips is that it is less expensive than a channel made of a single strip, and it is possible to make the bottom strip of slightly inferior material, if desired.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the

width of the bottom strip is preferably about ceven-eighths (7 of an inch.

It is possible to make other changes without departure from the invention, the forms and dimensions shown and described being merely illustrative of the invention.

1 claim:

1. A window channel comprising flexible material formed into U shape and having back and side portions, and stitching extending through and substantially across the width of the side portionsand into the bark portion for stiffening and holding said side portions in proper position.

2. A window channel comprising a backing strip and side strips .sccured thereto forming a substantially U shaped channel, and stitching extending through and substantially across the width of the side strips and into the backing strip for stiffening and holding the side strips in proper position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ERNEST M. GUILLAUME. 

